WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Bed bugs tuck themselves away into dark, unseen spaces and multiply rapidly, making them difficult to control.
On Saturday, April 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring the 20th nationwide “Prescription Drug Take Back” initiative.
JASPER COUNTY — The Jasper County Extension Office, in partnership with community volunteers, is offering a new club experience for local youth.
JASPER COUNTY — If conditions allow, the Jasper Jaunt bike ride will be conducted this year after the event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns.
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Austin Francis, of Rensselaer, is smiling because he recently fanned 12 Benton Central batters in a win and helped the Bombers reach the Kougar Klassic title game by beating the host Kougars.
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JASPER COUNTY — A Wheatfield man faces a long list of charges after Jasper County Sheriff’s deputies reported finding him hiding in the back of a truck.
JASPER COUNTY — A Hammond man hiding behind a dumpster in rural Jasper County was arrested for theft and false identifying by the county’s sheriff’s department on April 7.
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DeMOTTE — A Rensselaer woman was taken into custody for domestic battery with a deadly weapon during an incident on March 21 in the area of 8th St. SE and Orchid St. SE in DeMotte.
WINAMAC — Rensselaer Central’s baseball team won its fourth straight game and second straight in Pulaski County with a 21-3 romp of host Winamac at Winamac’s Town Park.
MONTICELLO — Both Rensselaer Central and Kankakee Valley competed in the annual Twin Lakes Invitational at the Tippecanoe Country Club in Monticello on Saturday.
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With the forecast a little sketchy for Tuesday — some snow and rain are expected throughout the day on April 20 — Monday’s baseball game between Rensselaer Central and Twin Lakes has been swit…
MONON — The Rensselaer Central boys’ track team lumped several first-place finishes into a triangular win over host North White and South Newton Tuesday night, April 13.
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WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley ace pitcher MaryKate Shultz faced 21 Andrean hitters Wednesday night.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Bed bugs tuck themselves away into dark, unseen spaces and multiply rapidly, making them difficult to control.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Purdue University as the new host of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC). Beth Hall, Indiana stat…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they’ll need a refrigerator.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Meteorological spring is here, with predictions by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) covering March, April and May.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For thousands of years, humans have altered — often negatively and inadvertently —microbial communities in a quest to improve agricultural crops.
JASPER COUNTY — The Jasper County Extension Office, in partnership with community volunteers, is offering a new club experience for local youth.
Traditionally, a majority of Indiana’s corn crop is planted between April 20-May 10, give or take a week in the northern part of the state.
Jasper County 4-H Ag Tractor project members, led by project leader, Kent Kohlhagen, met at Bane/Welker Case IH in Remington, IN in March. There were 15 members in attendance at the workshop w…
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